Skandalon: Poems

Title Page, Copyright Page, Dedication, Quotes

S k a n d a l o n Southern Messenger Poets Dave Smith, Series Editor Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge {| {| T. R . H U M M E R S K A N D A L O N p o e m s Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2014 by T. R. Hummer All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America LSU Press Paperback Original First printing Designer: Michelle A. Neustrom Typefaces: Whitman, text; Penumbra MM, display The author gratefully acknowledges publication of many of the poems in this book in the following journals: Blackbird; Catch Up; Codex; Common-Place; Cutthroat; diode; Faultline; the Kenyon Review; Mantis; Mary: A Journal of New Writing; Miramar; The New Yorker; Plume; The Rumpus; Slate; This Corner; White Stag. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hummer, T. R. [Poems. Selections] Skandalon : poems / T.R. Hummer. pages cm— (Southern messenger poets) ISBN 978-0-8071-5741-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-8071-5742-8 (pdf)— ISBN 978-0-8071-5743-5 (epub)—ISBN 978-0-8071-5744-2 (mobi) I. Title. PS3558.U445S53 2015 811'.54—dc23 2014000861 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. ⬁ 䊊 For Theo and Jackson and Beth This page intentionally left blank Our divisions are a Skandalon, a stumbling block, a snare, and a trap, an evidence of our disobedience. —richard john neuhaus Any particular “Thou” may become a skandalon at any time. —h. a. hodges, Journal of Theological Studies He who has suffer’d you to impose on him, knows you. —william blake This page intentionally left blank ...